Happy Birthday edw519

Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by hugh on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @04:26PM (#195267)

Y'know, as much as I wish this edw519 person well (at least in that I don't actually wish him any specific harm...) I really don't think that submitting and/or upvoting this was a good move on the part of the people who did it.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by hooande on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @05:09PM (#195324)

edw519 is a top contributor to yc: http://awurl.com/ueuqua68821

I don't see what's wrong with a community doing something nice for one of it's most active members.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by eb on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @07:31PM (#195448)

There are 100 people on the leader board. Should we wish them all a happy birthday too?

Let's stay focused on news and cut this feel-good stuff out.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by reitzensteinm on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @08:14PM (#195474)

I just noticed that I slipped off, so I vote no! :)

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by mcxx on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @06:11PM (#195375)

Send him candy next time

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by asmosoinio on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @09:48PM (#195558)

Well, it's on the first page so the community has already told you: they want this.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by huhtenberg on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:57PM (#195217)

How's this news though ?

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by Xichekolas on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @04:09PM (#195235)

It's not. I really didn't expect this to get voted up. Just wanted edw519 to catch it on the 'New' page, which I assume he watches.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by bootload on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @07:39PM (#195459)

"... How's this news though ? ..."

Maybe even HN users can be gamed enough to give away their birthday(date) ... or smart enough to find it?

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by wallflower on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @11:19PM (#195644)

Umm. If you don't already do it, remembering (recording in a safe place and (calling preferred over emailing) near the day of) the birthdays of people who are important to you and/or who you'd like to keep in very loose contact with is a platinum networking technique.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by edw519 on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:28PM (#195181)

Thank you, Xichekolas! Whether you remembered or figured it out doesn't matter - either way, you have the makings of a great hacker. Sure hope to see you again before 5/19/09.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by Xichekolas on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:30PM (#195182)

Oh I remembered from when you mentioned it at startup school. Sadly I was so busy yesterday playing with javascript that I forgot until today.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by TFrancis on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:16AM (#195940)

Well, it's good to know you were getting some work done.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by edw519 on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:34PM (#195186)

As thrilled as I am that you remembered, I'm even happier that you were so immersed in your code yesterday that you forgot. Nothing to be sad about. I bet a lot of people here would love to be able to focus like that a little more often.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by TrevorJ on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @04:12PM (#195241)

Happy birthday! I think if you celebrate a day late he officially will live 24 hours longer in his life right?

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by Xichekolas on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @04:18PM (#195255)

If delayed birthday celebration were the secret to longevity, think how long people born on February 29th would live...

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by mellampudi on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:05AM (#195933)

only a few days more than what they would have had they been born on any other day (number of extra days = (number of years he has lived) / 4)

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by Xichekolas on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @10:45AM (#196055)

I was thinking that if they could only celebrate their birthday every four years, they would only age at 1/4 the rate. Their 80th birthday would happen 320 years after being born.

Of course, this is all rather silly.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by kirubakaran on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:38PM (#195189)

<brag> I wished him yesterday ;) </brag>

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by Xichekolas on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:39PM (#195192)

That's why they pay you the big karma.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by kirubakaran on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:41PM (#195198)

:-) I wished him by email. I wanted to post here but then remembered the heat I got for being (genuinely) concerned about missing nickb. Thanks for posting - we can have a close knit group.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by Xichekolas on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:57PM (#195215)

Eh, hopefully we can make an exception for Eddie. He does contribute a lot to making this site what it is.

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Re:Happy Birthday edw519 by kirubakaran on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @04:15PM (#195248)

No kidding! http://searchyc.com/user/edw519

  edw519:
  1436 comments, 3.51 points per comment
  836 submissions, 4.90 points per submission

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